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Seaweed, Salmon, and Manzanita Cider: A California Indian Feast

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As a docent at a rural ranch, we get 3rd graders every tuesday to teach them about the local Indian tribe that lived here. My staion is "Plants for Food and Medicine". This book for me is a huge leap forward in what we are telling the kids.
Most California Kids know that our Indians processed acorns for their staple diet. But these acorns only last 1/2 a year. This books explains about pinole, or the collection of seeds in the summer to replace the acorns...
Now I have to find a book that explains that our Indians came to the marsh in the winter and not the summer, to fish and hunt and collect tules to build their homes.

California's aborigines, like all Native Americans, took complete advantage of every edible resource Mother Nature could provide them. "Seaweed, Salmon, And Manzanita Cider: A California Indian Feast" is a meticulously researched and impressively presented collection of authentic Californian aboriginal cuisine based on the local foods available to them. Included in this beautifully illustrated cookbook collection are recipes involving fish, shellfish, meats, vegetables, fruits, edible flowers, nuts, seeds, and acorns. The collaborative work of Margaret Dubin and Sara-Larus Tolley, "Seaweed, Salmon, And Manzanita Cider" showcases step-by-step instructions enabling any kitchen cook to produces palate pleasing and appetite satisfying Native American recipes ranging from Barbecued Clams; Rabbit Liver with Watercress; and Roasted Agave Hearts; to Sweet Elder Jelly; Fried Yucca Petals; and Pine Nut Soup. Of special note are the extensively informed and informative commentaries and background information about the tribes, their habitats, histories and cultures. Profusely illustrated throughout, "Seaweed, Salmon, And Manzanita Cider" is a unique addition to any family or community cookbook collections, as is also very highly recommended for academic Native American Studies reference collections and non-specialist general readers with an interest in Native American cultures.